About Loraine
Loraine (Lori) Sawyer is a licensed therapist practicing in Hawaii who helps people coping with anxiety and stress. She speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel manageable for worried parents and adults. Lori uses clear, practical strategies so clients can try small changes between sessions.
She draws on 15 years of experience working with depression, trauma, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and sleep or anger problems. Lori also supports people facing ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, addiction, and the effects of prejudice or discrimination.
Background and approach
Her broader interests include adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and young adult issues. Lori uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking and testing new behaviors. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to find what matters most to each person and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals and build momentum.
Trauma-focused ideas guide work with those who have experienced abuse or post-traumatic stress. In sessions she works collaboratively, listening first and then offering steps that fit a person’s life. Expect practical tools, short experiments between meetings, and a focus on strengths as well as problems.
She aims to help people feel more confident handling day-to-day stressors. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate. Lori encourages small, steady progress and supports people as they try new ways of coping and relating to others.
Approaches you can use online
CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in everyday life. It is often used for anxiety, panic, obsessions, and mood problems by breaking problems into concrete steps.Motivational Interviewing - This approach focuses on what matters to the person and builds motivation for change. It can help with addictions, lifestyle shifts, or sticking with difficult treatment plans.
Finding the right fit is part of therapy. Lori will work together with the client to choose which approach or combination makes sense for their goals, needs, and preferences. She begins by asking about the person’s situation, then adjusts methods as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports quick updates or reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii, California
- Languages
- English
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